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1 THE 412 Gregory Ave., Weehawken, N.J THE NNTH NFANTRY DVSON ASSOCATON Associaion Dues: $5.00 per ye.r - $1.50 will be..rmarked o pey or he Ocooil VOLUME XXX Number 2 - Mar-April 1978 General Dwigh (), Eisenhower (), Supreme Allied Commander, and L. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, (r) CG, 12h Army Group, alk wih Major General Louis A. Craig, CG, 9h nanry Division, during heir visi o Bugenbach, Belgium.-Daed November 8, Honored Gen. Craig When General Craig was honored las year a he luncheon in Washingon one o he speakers was General Wesmoreland. Because o he delav in receiving he repor w~ regre ha we were unable o prin he speech. may be a lile lae bu here is he alk given by Wesy when he salued General Craig. am privileged o be a pary o his proud and happy occasion and congraulae hose who made i possible. As many o you know rom personal experience, he 9h nanry Division o WW was no a lashy uni. was seady, proessional, reliable. pursued sound acics - no razzle-dazzle. was a disciplined division. did no boas; is accomplishmens spoke or hemselves. Awards were passed sparingly on he basis o ruly ousanding perormance. Hence, here was muual conidence up and down he chain o command. The Division exuded inegriy and had a modes pride. was a division wih characer. Why was all his so? Smply. Because o is leadership! A milhary organizaion is uniquely a relecion o is commander - no he reverse. The9h Division was superbly led on he baleields o Norh Arica, Sicily, and Wesern Europe by (2) wo remarkable commanders. will speak o he laer o hese - our honored gues. This genleman was (and sill is) a man o grea moral and inellecual deph. He was a miliary proessional proessional in every sense. Sel-eacing and modes, he spoke soly and poliely o al he never harangued or engaged in pompous exhoraions. Never did he use crude, vulgar or blasphemous language. Digniy and inegriy were his hallmarks. He lead by example! A disciplinarian - yes, bu a man o scrupulous airness and compassion. He made his decisions rapidly based on sound principles and proven acics. He never equivocaed. He was a sensiive oicer bu avoided decisions conrolled by his emoions. Bu he was also human and had his emoional momens. Three come o mind: He was disurbed by he seadily mouning casualies he Division suered during he long weeks in he dismal Hurgen Fores. He was rusraed by he weak leadership rom above during he early days o he Ramagen bridge head. He was disressed ha his Division was resrained on he Elbe River and no allowed o advance ino Berlin. Bu, he acceped his orders rom above and gave hem his wholeheared suppor. He was a maser as a senior adminisraor giving his sa grea lee-way under his clearly announced policies. -.(Coninued on nex page) The Besy Ross House in Philadelphia is "The Birhplace o Old Glory". n his lile Colonial dwelling Besy Ross, seamsress and Pario, siched lhe Firs American Flag. PENN'S TOWN Philadelphia, which is approaching is ricenennial, is a lovely old ciy made or srolling. The cenral secion (Cener Ciy), less han 30 blocks wide, was laid ou by William Penn in 1M2. Orienaion is easy because he norhsouh srees are numbered, running wesward rom Fron Sree (inseao o Firs Sree) near he Delaware River o he Schuylkill River arouno 30h Sree. Broad Sree (he equivalen o 14h Sree) orms he main sem in he cener o own. crossing he main easwes horoughare, Marke Sree, on he sie o Ciy Hall. Many o he eas-wes srees bisecing he numbereo srees are named or ress, rom Lombard on he souhern edge o Cener Ciy o Cherry on he, norh. An 010 rhyme pinpoins he main srees norh ann souh o Marke: Marke, Arch, Rac(' and Vine Chesnu, Walnu, Spruce and Pine. Compressed wihin he narrow srees and alleys o his oldes secion o own is much o he hisory and lavor o Philadelphia. Here, oo, is much o he ciy's culural lie and enerainmen, as well as some o he bes resaurans in he counry. Everyhing is clusered wihin srolling disance o he leading hoels. Ge a ree map o Cener Ciy rom any hoel desk, a he Philadelphia Convenion and Visiors Cener a 16h and John F. Kennedy Boulevaro, or a he Naional Park Service Visiors Cener a Third and Chesnu. Rem ember The Dares PHLLY REUNON JULY Reunion daes - July are jus around he corner. No one can aord o miss he boayou'll be sorry i you do. Ninh nanry Division reunion ime is always a happy occasion-bu o mee in he Ciy o Broherly,ove in 1978 should make he occasion doubly aracive. For wha could be more enjoyable han o see old buddies, o laugh, o reminisce and enjoy each ohers company. Tha is wha he reunion is all abou. There is no oher commimen, oher han o enjoy yoursel. H>servaion a mus We canno sress enough he imporance o your illing ou he regisraion orm ha appears in he Ocooil and reurn i o he Reunion Commiee. The Philly-Delaware Valley Chaper is puing pleny o' hlro work ino he preparaions or he 1978 Heunion. They are doing everyhing possible o assure our members a good ime when hey visi Philly.

2 ~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~l THE OCTOFOL, Form 3579 should be sen o 412 Gregory Avenue,, Weehawken, N.J ,, Ocooil Associaed Ediors Waler O'Keee and Daniel QUinn. Board o Governors ' NATONAL OFFCERS, 1978 Alber Perna, Presiden William Klaul, New York, N.Y. a 2642 S. Juniper Ralph Carci, Cheverley Manor, Md.,, Philadelphia, Pa Herber Olsen. Randolph. Mus., Elmer Wagner. Bay Ciy. Mich. Vincen Guglielmino, 1s V.P. Alber Perna. Philad"~lhia, Pa. 114 Charles Sree Floral Park. N.Y Charles Koskie. Schiller Park.. " William Bongiorno. 2nd V.P. George BakG. Bronx. N.Y. 3 Cedar Ridge' Terrace Francis Maher. Worceser. Mass. Bedord, ~ss Pa DeColli. Philadelphia. Pa. Rober DeSandy. 3rd V.P Colonial C. John Bonkowski. Deroi. Mich. S. Clairshores. Mich. Dave Gelman, Fores Hills. N.Y Salv"ore Trapani. Rockville. Md. Paul Keller. Columbus. Ohio Harrison Daysh. Frank Ozar. Frankor. llinois, Judge Advocae Kennsingon. Md Daniel 9 Secreary uinn Thomas Boyle. Tre~$urer 412 Gregory Avenue 39 Hall Avenue Weehawken. N.J ' som...~:~,:::.::~em«lu. :'ieme Sree Addre.. Ciy we. a member o: Baery Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig (Re.) Honorary Member" Emerius Rev. Edward Connors. Worceser. Mass. The oicial publicaion,o he Ninh nanry Division Associaion. Single copy price is 25 cens per issue or by mail per year payable,n advance when dues are pad. Dues are ($5) per year wih Sl.50 o he ($5) earmarked or six issues o The Ocooil. Members should noiy he Naional Secreary, Daniel QUinn. 412 Gregory Ave. Weehawken. N.J. o any Change in address. PUbliShed six imes a year. July Augus, Sepember Oco ber, November December. January.February, March.April, May June by and or he members o he Ninh nan ry Division ASSOCiaion. News iems. eaure sories, phoo graphs and ar mae"al rom members Wll be appreciaed. Every eor will be made o reurn phoographs and ar work in good condiion. An exrac rom he ceriicae o ncorporaio~o he 9h nanry DiVision ASSOCiaion reacs: "This ASSOCaion is ormed by he oicers and men o he 9h nanry DiVsion in order o perpeuae he memory o heir allen comrades. o preserve he espir de corps o e division. o assis in ' promoing an everlasing world peace exclusively o means o ' educaional aciviies and o serve as an inormaion bureau, o ormer memmr... o he 9h nanry Divsion." Copy mus be received on or beore he 10h o each monh o guaranee publicaion on he 20h. Phoographs mus be recelvea on or beore 'he 5h day o publica'on monh. Second-Class Posage pad.) Union Ciy, N.J_ AuhoriZed as o OcOber 1., 19~7. Publicaion ~o' 4Q282C VOLUME XXX Number 2. Mar-April 1978 ~,.,"', ~ * Co. 47h nr. LEROY V. WNCHEL R. 82 Sal Poin, N. Y Enclosed you will ind check or $13.00 or hree years dues. Sorry, le hem run ou. would like o hear rom anyone who ook par in or remembers a small musical show we pu on or dieren unis aer he war ended. The name o he,showwas "OH MY ACHNG BACK MUSCAL SHOW". 'm sure mos o he members were rom he 3rd Baalion,, K, L, M and Headquarers Co. Hope o hear rom some o hese "sars". ; Company_._ -17h.MED. DET. ERNE LONG 3rd Bn. ;;17 Bayair Drive Bay Village. Ohio Enclosed ind check in he amoun o $13.00, his will pay my associaion dues or hree years. There's so damn much snow in Cleveland. doub i we wij haw ou beore July 4h. Well, my. 70h birhday wij sneak up on me March 25h. And hank he good Lord. or he reurn o my good healh. Sincerely hope you. your lovely wie and amily are enjoying good healh. - Regards o all he old gang. ~ NNTH NFANTRY DMSON ASS'N. ~ MEMBERSHP APPUCATON ~ nan Quinn, V.d. S«re,.ry, 9h nanry Divi.ioD A"D., ~ 412 Gregory Ave., WeehawkeD. ~.J. 07nl7 ~-i.h Endoeed please ind clur8 or 19~ o 8ip up or he ouowial: Serial No. _._._ZoDe _.. _ Sae... _._... ; RepmeD h Dh'. Regular Member, per year $00 0 Three Ye" Mem"'r.... ' LFE MEMBERSWP _ edie.' Auxiliary Member...., Bonaion Memorial Scholanhip FUDd :J Ocooil Auomobile UeeDM Diec Comba Roue Map l6lhh::::::.:: ~h~.~:;;::: ;;,~~::.50 C 1Philly.De.w... V.1ey 0 Gre.er New York 0 DliDou 0 Wa.hmllo., D.C. 0 New EDand 0 Michilan 0 :lhio 0 FayeevUle-Fora Bral" N.C. 0 6M ;!Sb! THE OCrOFO'L mail call- Coninued CHARLES A. BODNAR 187 New York Avenue Bergenield. New Jersey am sending in my dues or he nex hree years, wouldn' miss he Ocooil; or eagerly look orward o reading i hungrily every ime i arrives. 'm also looking orward wih grea expecaions o he Philly reunion where expec o mee and B. S. wih quie a ew o he old buddies rom he 47h A. T Co. From he news gaher quie a ew o hem are making i a special occasion o be a his convenion. also have a lo o ineresing sories o ell hem aer visiing our old bale areas. Some o he sories have are as hard o believe as some o he comba sories we had coming home wih us. 'm quie sure hey will enjoy hearing how some o he old areas are oday, compared o he way hey looked when we were here. 've never really me you Dan bu i seems like wriing o an old riend whenever wrie o anyone concerning he Ocooil. 'd like o mee you a Philly. 'll be here! 47h R S 0 Joseph D'Aleo 407 Carver Drive Behlehem, Pa Enclosed are some reproducions o shos Ruh (he Mrs.) and ook on our rip o England las summer. They cover wha hink are ineresing views o he 47h nanry Regimen's homeaway-rom-home during 1943 and During our say in Wincheser we ook a our on he surrounding area in a Landrover. We spen some ime in Alresord (now called New AlresordJ where he headquarers o he 47h nanry Regimen was locaed. One o he enclosed picures shows he own's Main Sree (which is highlighed in some our books as being one o he mos beauiul small own srees in England). On one door o a building along he righ side o he picure is a plaque saing: "This house was he headquarers o he 47h nanry Regimen, 9h nanry Division, U.S. Army o D Day June, 1944." Jus ouside o own and beyond he beauiul hachedroo coage (shown in anoher picurehhere was embedded in he River echen's bank a memorial o he masco o Headquarers Co., 47h nanry. reads: "Here lies Hambon~ 11, aihul riend o he 47h nanry Regimen, 9h nanry Division, U.S. Army, May, 1944." apparenly was he way he ownspeople o Alresord and nearby Alon said "Thanks, Yank." Though his migh be ineresing o you... and possibly somehing you migh wan o pu in an issue o OCTOFOL. Hope o ge o he - Philadelphis resunion. :~rd Rn. Medics - 47h JOHN C. FREL P.O. Box 373 Covingon. Va seems only wrie o you when i is dues ime. Needless o say, always enjoy he Ocooil, and he news o he associaion. Occasionally here is a leer rom one o he ellows knew. was nice o see he leer rom John Jacobs o he 3rd Bn. Medics, 47h. My work schedule always keeps me rom he convenions, bu hopeully will be able o aend one soon. Keep up he good work on he Ocooil and give my bes regards o any o he ellows who knew me. Tip O The Ha The associaion is ever graeul o hese members who remembered he Memorial Fund: rv Terchak Jim Droney Fred Veno Bill Morrison Anhony Kucjewski Fred Dick Frank Machek Richard Marin Doug Deas John Compel Joe Fenery Warren Evans Howard Heilman Ray Berhiaume Roland Pope We salue hese members and a special hanks o Howard Heilman who or several years has sen a donaion o $50.00 o his und. l\'mories Many hings can be wrien abou he aracions a a reunion bu when all is said and done he only hing ha really maers is he "old imers" hemselves. We all look orward o being wih he old gang and are anxious o see our old pals once again. The Reunion Journal is our greeing card o he Associaion. You can sign his card by aking an ad in he Journal. Like he commercial greeing cards our ads come in all sizes and pnc. ranges. you wan o spread your name acro~ a whole page and eel like splurging you can Address Ciy Vni (dae) (From preceding.-ge) NNTH NFANTRY DVSON ASSOCATON July 27-30, 1978 Please reserve room (5) or. NAME SHARNG WTH ADDRESS FRM CTY Will arrive on (day> Will depar on (day) (dae) "The General' He demanded high qualiy sa work and did no whileaway his ime on minuiae. Bu he knew wha was going on because he was consanly ou wih his subordinae commanders and he roops. He visually blended wih hem wearing a G web bel and a sandard 45 auomaic pisol wihou pearl handles. He had no nickname wih us excep Noorious 6. his elephone call sign. Such a misnomer always amused me. To us, he was only - he General - he Division Commander. have described he epiome o my view o he ideal Division Commander. Yes, you guessed i - have described none oher han Louie Craig. General Craig, have proudly salued you many imes in he pas. Wih enhanced pride - i possible - Sir, salue you again! PH LLY REUNON JULY subscribe o a ull page ad or $ you are he modes ype and jus wan o show ha you remember he Associaions' Anniversary you can ake a booser -or $1.00. Ads are also available in halves, quarers, and eighhs o a paa!e. Dear Arhur: Please inser our ~reeing (or ad> in he Souvc-nir Journal o be issued a he 33rd Annual Naional Reunion ai he Hoel Sheraon on July 27h, 28h, and 29h STATE Philadelphia Sheraon Hoel 1725 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, Pa oiae. Deadline or he Reunion Journal is June 30h person(s): ZP a (ime) a (ime) CHECK ACCOMMODATONS PREFERRED Single (1 person, 1 bed) Twin (2 persons, 2 beds) Suie (1 bedroom) 33RD A~\jj'lUAL REUNON REQUEST "OR SPACE N SOUVENR PROGRAM Arhur J. MacDougall 5051 Homesead Sree Philadelphia. 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3 HURTGEN FOREST Possession o hese. dams, hereore, was he key o he Roer River deenses. Several srong a acks had been launched rom posiions held in he dense Hurgen Fores prior o he 16h November aacks, in an eor o wres rom German hands he conrol o hese dams. The Germans, in accordance wih a ull realizaion o heir imporance, had m~sed an amazing quaniy o arillery guns or he proecion o he approaches o hese dams, and hese guns, coupled wih enacious inanry deense, enabled hem o successully save o he vicious aacks which were launched. was anicipaed ha he Germans would no lood he Roer River unil we had successully breached her easbank deenses; hus i, simulaneously, he wes bank THE OCTOFOL Tl'Veling clown roacl o hisory The complee plans or he o he Roer and he h~adwaers' THE g 0 eraions were dams could be secured, he HSTORY 47TH NFANTRY- OF' receved com~n p rom h' gher crossing o. he river could be November 1944 headquarers. The srices eec~ed whou he hrea o secrecy discipline was en- loodmg. orced, or he espionage hrea ~ULLESTUSE CTADEL OF THE ENEMY The por o Anwerp, one o Europe's la~sand ines, was vially essenial o coni,nued Allied oensive operaions. The enemy had enaciously deended all French pors, even hough hopelessly isolaed rom he main German orces. n hose pors we had capured, he harbour aciliies had been desroyed wih a horoughness so characerisic o he German eiciency. The por aciliies o Cherbourg, Marseilles, and he Normandy beaches had been srained o he umos by he demands o he grea oensive which had brough us o he very ciadel o he enemy. For he preponderance o men and maeriel which would have o be assembled or he inal oensive agains Germany, anoher large seapor was indispensable. KEY TO PROBLEM Anwerp was he key o he problem. The ciy had been capured by he Briish, vi~ually inac and unharmed, 10 he early sages o he invasion o Holland. German occupaion o he esuaries o he Sched River and heir possession o Welcheren sland, which guarded he sea approaches o he grea por, denied us usage o is vas aciliies, however. Accordingly, all energies were urned o he reducion o hese enemy deenses. While he Briish and Can.adian Armies were so engaged, he American Firs Army, o which he 47h nanry was a par, coninued he deense. o heir secor o he ron. POSTONS UNCHANGED The paricular mission o he 47h nanry during he opening days o November was he.coninued deense o he Mausbach Schevenhue secor o he Firs Army ron, and unil mid-november, he deensive posiions o he Regimen remained unchanged. From November 1s o November 10h, he Regimen coninued is aachmen o he 3rd Armored Division, and on he laer dae, he 47h nanry was relieved and aached o he 1s U.S. nanry Division, in order o aciliae operaions during he anicipaed oensive. This aachmen remained in eec during he balance o November. The period rom he 1s o he 16h o November was characerized by he same vigorous parolling which had proven so eecive during he previous monh. The enemy, oo coninued his parollirg aciviies, and in several insances, enemy parols were apprehended in aemping o penerae our posiions. There was a noiceable increase in enemy arillery aciviy hruou he period, paricularly in he use o long range pieces shelling our rear areas. Our own arillery coninued heir eecive counerbaery work and harassing missions. LARGE SCALE OFFENSVE Then on he 6h o November, he Sched esuaries and Welcheren sland were cleared o he enemy, and Anwerp became available or use as our main supply por. was he gosignal or he large-scale oensive which had been planned or our secor, and unmisakable signs ha somehing big was in he oing ilered down o he Regimen. could no be minimized, as' we Accordmgly, on November were operaing in enemy 16h, 1944, he aack was erriory. Colonel Smyhe held launched. nclemen weaher innumerable meeings wih his had made necessary a posba alion commanders and pon~meno he aack, or once sa, and plans or he ac- agam, he ulles use.as o ~e complishmen o he 47h made o our accal ar nanry's paricular mission s~premacy, and he aack o. be were made in he minues preceeded. by srong ~mbmg deail. Despie he exended a?d. ~ramg aacks. m he. d he Regimen had been VCny o Eschweller and ~;:~ally employed, he men We~s~eiler - d~e norh o our he whole in good posons. The ar aack was o were, physical on condiion and, anxious b egm. a 1215, an d. con ' mue un 'l o ge sared on his las lap o our journey o Berlin. Because 12.4~..Concenraons by C.orps, DvSon an~ our own arllery o our enviable record o pas were o be red sho~ly b~ore successes in pas engagemens, H-Hour.on.Gr~ssemch, m a he Regimen was coniden preparaon m drec suppor o ha is par in he coming he aack o he 47h n. aoperaion would be perormed ack.. wih exemplary eiciency. T~e ar show proved o be a OVER-WHELMNG MPO- paral re-enacmen o he RTANCE gr~~ Normandy spec~cle. The aack was designed o Brsh, as well as Amercan,. he crossings o he Roer our-moored bombers were ~ei~:r, preparaory o he used in h~ aack on ~e c~ies crossing o ha barrier, con- o Eschwelleer a~d Welsweller. inuaion o he push o he, Laer, he Regmen. passed Rhine River, and he occupaion hrough hese owns m moor o he sraegic Rhineland. The convoy, and ~e sce~e o almos imporance o his secor o oal devas~lon ~hch me our Germany canno be over- eyes was. grm evdence o he emphasized; Germany's war desrucve powers o ~e poenial is almos enirely weapon~ o war. The ar coningen upon her possession preparaon ceased sharply a o he vas resources which are H-Hour and he 47h nanry conained in he 'Rhineland moved orward. and 'he Ruhr, and o deprive DETERMNED OPPOSTON her o eiher one or he oher would so seriously hamper her The 1s Baalion aacked on ime due norh oward war eor as o preclude her Gressenich, he irs own o he coninuaion o he war or any norh o our posiions. Very lengh o ime. n view o he lile hosile ire was enoverwhelming imporance o counered iniially, as he his region, he deermined, simulaneous aack o he 3rd anaic resisance which me Armored Division, aacking our aack a every poin was eas, had involved he enemy. readily undersandable. Every Bu as our advance coninued, mile o ground los measurably and hey reached he souhern decreased her abiliy o prolong edge o he own, heavy small he war. arms ire and 88mm ank and ROER AND RHNE The Roer River ran generally SP ire, coming direcly rom he own, slowed he advance parallel o he Rhine and abou considerably. By he end o he weny-ive miles o he wes o day, he roops o he baalion i. Alhough no normally a had seized several houses on he major barrier, i oered a souhern edge o he own. As naural line o deense o he he 1s Baalion le heir enemy, and i was anicipaed posiions o aack norh, he he would gradually wihdraw o 2nd Baalion was insruced o he easern side o i when hard cu he road leading norheas pressed, o exensively rom Gressenich, which hey prepared deensive posiions. A succeeded in doing by 2215 number o lood conrol dams hours, when a road block was had been insalled near he headwaers o he river, near esablished asride he road. During our irs day, he Schmid, and as long as he Regimen go a ase o he Germans reained possession o deermined opposiion which hese dams, i was enirely possible or hem o raise he was o characerize he bale hruou. level o he river o lood sage, hereby looding a goo(ily porion o he errain over which we were o operae. STEADY PRESSURE The seady pressure o he 3rd Armored Division and he cuing o he road running norheas rom Gressenich, made unenable he enemy's posiions in he own, and on November 17h, he 1s Bn advanced hrough he rubblesrewn srees, meeing only moderae opposiion, and by 1030, he own was repored clear. Long-range arillery ell inermienly on he own hroughou he day, adding o he desrucion which had been wrough by our arillery and air-corps. Condiions were exremely unavourable or he aacker, or he coninual rains which had allen in he area in he weeks beore he aack had ransormed he earh ino an ocean o mud. The break in he inclemen weaher had proven only emporary, and aer he aack had sared, he heavy rains resumed heir incessan downpour. was all bu impossible o employ anks or anyhing bu use as inanry supporing weapons. EXCELLENT UBSERVATON Gressenich was a vanage poin which aorded excellen observaion o he Jrh and norheas. The smoke-sacks o he acories o Eschweiler and Weisweiler appeared, disincly visible, even hrough he smoke and haze caused by our bombing and shelling. To he norh, Hill 232, which had been capured on he previous day by he 16h n., could be seen rom Gressenich. On he 19h o November. he 1s Bn o he irs 47h occupied he hill, immediaely aer he 16h nanry had vacaed i preparaory o heir aack o he norh. The plan or he day was or he Firs Bn o jump o rom Hill 232, and aack and seize Hill 187 and Hill 167, he key errain eaures o he sourhern approaches o Weisweiler. The 3rd Bn was hen o move rom heir posiions in he viciniy o Schevonhue and occupy Hill 232, as soon as i was cleared by he 1s Bn, hen, coningen upon he successul seizure o Hills 187 & 167, aack and seize he village o Bovenberg. WELL DEFENDED Hill 187 proved o be exremely well deended. was necessary or he Firs Bn o aack across open ground which was direcly under he observaion o he enemy enrenched on he hill. Their advance was me by observed arillery' ire, morar and small arms ire. Progress was slow, and by nighall, hey had reached a line some 500 yards shor o heir objecive. The aack was resumed on he 20h o November, and he relenless arillery, morar and small arms ire coninued incessanly. By evening, hey had reached he base o he hill and preparaions were made o coninue he aack in he morning. Daed L. Col. Donald C. Clayman, 3rd Bnd. 47h nanry receiving he DSC, or acion in France. ATTACK RESUMED On he 21s o November, he a ack was resumed and he wesern par o he objecive reached. The enemy ire was even more inense han on he previous days, and heir posiion, as hey advanced, became increasingly more exposed and open o observaion by he enemy; i was impossible or hem o run he enemy o heeasern par o he hill, or rom his well dug-in posiions, he could bring down a wihering cross ire o bulles on he doughboys advancing rom he wesern par. The 3rd Bn, meanwhile, aacked hru he heavily-wooded area rom heir posiions on Hill 232, wih Bovenberg as heir objecive. n heir iniial advance, he baalion me only moderae resisance, bu when he assaul unis were abou 300 yards shor o heir objecive, hey were brough under inense small arms ire rom heir ron and la-rajecory ire rom he lanks. The enire area was relenlessly blankeed wih prepared arillery and morar deensive ires which coninued hruou he day wihou he slighes le-up. All roads and rails were perpeually inerdiced, and he woods in mos places were impenerable because o he rees elled by bursing shells. Casualies or he day susained by he 3rd Baalioh alone were heavier han he enire regimen had ever suered in one day. The supply and evacuaion problem proved o be o he umos hazard. When inormed o he siuaion, he Commanding General o he 1s nanry Divison ordered he 47h nanry Comba Team o cease orward movemen unil heavy arillery concenraions could be brough o bear on areas o resisance, and dominaing errain eaures. A abou 1600, a concenraion ired by all he arillery unis o he Corps, consising o approximaely 17 baalions o various calibre guns, was ired on Hill 187 or hree minues. For he balance o he day and hruou he nigh, Cannon Company laid harassin~ ire on he hill. POSTOl\jS CONSOLDATED Hills 187 & 167 were ound o be clear o enemy by 1s Bn parols dispached early on.he morning o he 22nd. The enemy, however, sill had observaion on he hills, or he parols were subjeced o inense arillery barrages. Despie his, he 1s Baalion pu a plaoon on each hill where hey esablished deensive posiions and road blocks. The 3rd Bn coninued o receive arillery and morar ire hruou he 22nd; reorganizaion and consolidaion o posiions was accomplished and he supply and evacuaion' problem somewha alleviaed. On he 23rd o November, he 2nd Bn moved rom heir Posiions near Schevenhue and prepared o carryon he aack. Their objecives were.hucheln and Wilhelmshohe, boh on hesouhernouskirso Weisweiler. They reached he edge o Nohberg by 0800 and coninued on hru he own, meeing considerable arillery and la-rajecory ire, and were able o advance only o a poin jus beyond he easern edge o Nohberg. MeanWhile, he 3rd Bn sen a parol o Bovenberg and ound he enemy here in some srengh. Coninued on pall Wha's huring our economy? People who reuse o live beyond heir means!

4 THE OCrOFOL \lcigan DON(;S Annual Service Sunday, May 21, 2 PM. The Chaper's 5h Annual Memorial Service will be held a Chris Church, 960 Eas Jeerson, Deroi, Mich. This is he same locaion as las year, a ew blocks o he eas o The Renaissance Cener. There is pleny o ree parking nex o he church. We're hoping or a grea urn-ou in honor o our Depared Comrades. The brunch a he Poncharrain, which had been an imporan par o our Memorial Program in he pas, could no be arranged his year. The Le Cae' has been moved o he op and he raes increased rom $5.95 o $9.50. The only hours ha hey would be able o accommodae our gorup, ha Sunday is 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Chairman, Bob DeSandy checked wih The Plaza and oher places wih no luck. We're sill looking or a suiable locaion and will make a inal decision a he April 22nd Meeing. - Anyone ineresed, bu no able o make his Meeing, should conac us or he inormaion. There will no be any News-Noes ill our June Picnic Noice. Convenion Bus While on he subjec o raveling, we are sill looking or 18 people (9 couples) or our Convenion Bus o Philadelphia. The ime is growing shor, i you're.ineresed please le us know. - We wroe o Naional Pres. Al Perna, whose home Chaper is hos ing his Reunion. Arrangemens have been made wih The Sheraon Hoel abou expediing room assignmens upon our arrival, no maer wha hour. Pre-regisered rooms or everyone on he bus will make i super convenien. This could be accomplished by submiing a complee passenger lis wo weeks in advance. Would you like o add your name o hose ha plan on going on ha Convenion Bus? Guys & Gals Boosers The Chapers "Guys & Gals" Booser page or his year's Reunion Journal is o o a good sar wih 28 names enered. We'd like o op las year's re~ord 125 and we've go a long way o go. The cos is sill one dollar per name wih your Uni included. Sympahy expressed Jus aer he las Noes were sen ou, Mary Crosskill, Tippie Plunke and Bob Smih noiied us ha Don Crosskill passed away so suddenly. was jus ~ he las Memorial Week-end n Worceser ha Don & Bob have decided o join our Chaper and i was in hose las Noes ha we've menioned heir appreciaion or aking hem in. Our Sympahy in behal o he enire Chaper has been expressed. Like To Hear Bob Smih's leer also menioned ha he'd like o hear rom all ormer 2nd Bn., 39h men. Wrie o him a: 134 Roger Ave., Bellevue, Ohio Len Kowalski became he 21s Lie Member in our Chaper. We also received 3 year dues rom "Doc" Rishel and John Maule. We hank you or he beneis gained by paying your dues hrough he Chaper. Fond Memories Our good member, Doc Rishel rom Milinburg, Pa, sen his dues wih a nice noe. He and Only menioned some ond memories o our ETO Trip, back in 1970 and ha grand Convenion in Chicago las Summer.. John Bonkowski Hickorv Deroi. Michigan LLNOS CHAPTER NEWS "Big Winer" The "Big Winer" is over and he llinois Chaper Members are anxious o ge going. Aer cancelling he January meeing because o severe weaher, illness, and Presiden Hennemuh's broken oe, we inally had our irs meeing o '78 in February. A ha ime he "cabin ever" ridden bunch decided o make he March meeing a dinner pary. From A La Holsein o Zwiebelleisch The day was March 18h, he place was he Red Sar nn o Chicago. Tweny-wo o us gahered or dinner whic~ ulimaely came o be aqirhday Pary or Lorraine Clak. Srolling minsrels accompanied our singing o greeings and added a ew cachy verses o heir own or Lorraine. The srolling German Band also played some avorie songs or a sing-a-long. Special numbers direced a our posman, Mike Belmone and a Bud Remer who jus reurned rom souh o he border added o he esiviies. Everyone was pleased wih he variey o German ood served a his well known Chicago inn. Bud Remer invied us o go over o his nearby Legion Pos or some aer dinner parying. S. Paricks Day esiviies were in progress, so we joined righ in. Our birhday gal, Lorraine, had he good orune o win a pair o lamps in heir rale. We haven' decided who go he beer deal, bu somehow Cas Pawalac walked o wih Frank Ozar's coa. Hope you guys go ha sraighened ou. Looking Ahead The April meeing will be an imporan one as plans or he annual Memorial Services and picnic will be made. Scholarship applicaions are being processed and he commiee consising o John Clouser, Dave Heller and Frank Ozar, will be deermining he recipiens soon. Frank, John and Chuck Koskie will be aending he spring Board o Governors meeing in Pisburgh. Already many have indicaed heir plans o aend he reunion in Philadelphia. We hope o have a sizeable delegaion rom llinois. John J. Clouser 901 Graceland Sree Des Plaines, llinois "EW YOR K CHAPTER The New York Chaper will honor is pas Presidens a he May 5h meeing ha will be held in he 25h Sree Armory. This is always a big nigh wih many o he old imers showing up o honor he ormer Presidens. Pinelawn Cem"ery On May 20h he members will gaher a 11:00 A.M. o pay heir respecs o he members buried a he Naional Cemeery, Farmingdale, Long sland. Several hundred men who died in WW2 are buried here along wih many members who have since died aer he War. Dom Miele who passed away in February and John Rizzo's grave will be visied and decoraed. Picnic Aer he services a he cemeery he members will ravel o Behpage Park where a picnic will be held. Worceser Memorial November 5, SADLY MSSED Julie Bako, broher o George, Company G - 47TH, died in January. Alhough he was no a member, he paricipaed in all he aairs o he New York Chaper. His greaes hrill was o march wih he group a Faher Connor's Memorial Service in Worceser. He aended he New Yorkers Chrismas pary held in December bu was orced o leave early due o ill healh. Our dear riend had been suering rom cancer or over a year. May he res in peace. To his amily we oer our belaed sympahy.---- \Cor.la".~~lrOra pg ~~; 41h HSTORY ~vnt. VCOUS DEFEN8; The plan or he ollowing day was or an armored baalion rom he 3rd Armored Division o aack rom he posiions held by our 2nd Baalion on he easern edge o Nohberg and aemp o reach he wesern edge o Hucheln, a which poin he 2nd Baalion would pass hru hem and clean ou he buildings in he own. This armored baalion sared ou in he aack as planned, bu were immediaely brough under srong AT ire, and aer having one ank desroyed and anoher bogged down, hey wihdrew. The 2nd Bn hen resumed heir aack, wih insrucions o sop and dig in, should he resisance become oo heavy. The enemy creaed a vicious deense, conesing each yard o ground and subbornly deending all sraegic poins. A plaoon o Company F, on he le, succeeded in reaching he wesern edge o Hucheln by 1730, and Company E, who had encounered a heavily mined area, was wihdrawn and sen up o go hru Company F's posiion. Company E ound pracically every house in Hucheln occupied by he enemy, necessiaing each building being horoughly searched and he enemy roued ou by smoke and grenades. By nighall, elemens o he 2nd Baalion" had reached he easern edge o he own, where posiions were esablished or he nigh. STRONG PONT The oriied acory, he srong-poin o Bovenberg, sill delayed he advance o he 3rd Baalion. During he 24h o November, several concenraions o arillery were placed on he acory, and in an aack on he srong-poin, K Company successully occuped i and lushed ou he remaining enemy. TREMENDOUS LOSSES The subborn opposiion which me he 47h nanry's aack in is secor o employmen was characerisic o he enemy's deense hruou he Firs Army Fron. The Ninh Army, newly commied, had pushed hru o he Roer River near Julich and Geilenkirchen, bu he 4h Division's aack owards Schmid and he headwaers o he Roer River was me wih anaic resisance. Losses suered were remendous. Despie deermined eors, hey had been unable o secure his mos sraegic own. PUSHNG THER WAY The 2nd Bn coninued is aack on Wilhelmshohe on he 25h o November. Despie heavy machine gun and morar ire, hey succeeded in pushing heir way up o he own by 1030 hours. The advance coninued, and aer having reduced many srong-poins deended by machine gun and bazooka ire. all conneced by underground unnels, hey reached a poin only some 300 yards rom heir assigned objecive..k Company was moved o posiions proecing he le lank o he 2nd Baalion, and he Firs Baalion moved rom is locaion near Nohberg o posiions on he righ o he 2nd Bn, preparaory o moving, souheas on he ollowing day. ' USE TANKS Then on he 26h o November, i was planned o use anks. The own o Frenzerberg was' designaed as he objecive o he day's eor, and he plan was or F Company o he 2nd Baalion o moun anks o he 3rd Armored Division and proceed eas oward he objecive, while Company K moved norheas oward he objecive wih he mission o proecing he 2nd Bn's le lank. The 1s Bn was o move beween a railroad and a main road running parallel beween Weisweiler and Duren and hen aack a srong-poin souh o Frenzerberg. STRONG A.T. FRE The aack go o a 1045, bu srong AT ire coming rom he righ ron sopped hem immediaely. Company K, who aacked simulaneously, repored good progress along heir roue, and accordingly, he 2nd Bn was wihdrawn and sen down he roue which had been aken by K Company, in order o srike a he objecive rom he norh. K Company reached Frenzerberg by 1300, and succeeded in occupying he souhwes corner o he oriied casle housing he enemy.. he 2nd Baalion planned o send Company G norhweas along he railroad and around o he eas o he casle aer dark so as o cu o he escape o he enemy, while Company F, suppored by anks, would move up he road coming in rom he norh. The baalion moved o a 2030 hours and had reached he srong-poin by Company G ook up posiions o he norh o he casle while Company F joined Company K o he souh o i. The 1s Baalion aacked. as scheduled a 1400, and heir progress was seady unil 1545, when heavy la-rajecory ire rom he srong-poin hey were aacking held hem up emporarily. By dark, hey had reduced he srong-poin and had aken up deensive posiions in he viciniy o i. REQUEST TRUCE On he 27h o November, arillery was ired on he oriied casle which he 2nd Bn was rying o ake, and he shelling coninued all,day long. Several ires were sared, bu he hickness o he walls prevened is becoming unenable or he occupans. would like o become a member o he Ladies' Auxiliary o he Ninh nanry Division Associaion. Encloled is check or money order lor 2."00 or 1978, dues. Pleu my membership card o-. Name Sree Ciy During lae aernoon- he commander o he German roops in he casle rquesed a ruce o evacuae his wounded and Capain Ewald, our prisoner o war inerrogaor, was,sen o make arrangemens. He aemped o eec a surrender, bu was unsuccessul, and allowed hem o evacuae eleven seriously wounded paiens. On he ollowing day, i was planned o have G Company assaul he srongpoin, while Company F covered he rear. As planned, Company G moved ino he building, and a 1030 in he morning, hey repored ha he enemy had been cleared rom all he buildings. 145 CONSECUTVE DAYS Word was received on he 29h ha he 47h nanry Comba Team, aer 145 consecuive days o acical employmen, was o be relieved and given a res. The 29h and 30h o November were spen in disengaging and assembling preparaory o rejoining he 9h nanry Division a Elsenborn. Our aachmen o he 1s nanry Division oicially ended on he 30h o November, and he regimen awaied wih pleasan anicipaion he coming days in he res camp a Camp Elsenborn. Med. De84h FA BN. 64 Eas Main Sree Wappingers Falls, New York Dial James F X Delehany A be,puiul day o send in my 9h Division Dues on good old S. Paricks Day. Sorry o be ardy, bu 'beer lae ~an never so.he saying goes!. was a member o Cap. Saings Medics 84h FA Rn during N. Arica, Sicily, England, France, Belgium and Germany vacaions, all expenses paid by Uncle' Sam. As you can see by he leer head, (Delehany Funeral Home) he boys in he 84h FA Bn called me by he ile o 'RGOR MORTS'. We had some good laughs which kep up he old spiri during ough imes. All Res. q. Co. 1s Bn. 47h FRED VENa 713 Plainield Road Julie, ll Red ink again Dan. Sorry abou ha. enclose my check or hree years dues and a donaion or he Memorial und. - Regards.o all. PH LLY REUNON JULY you are planning on moving please noiy he secreary o your new address. will save posage and keep you on he Odooil mailing lis.... ADJa' AlXlUAlY NN''NNNTlY DV8ONA8K'1ATON Sae While aached o he 9h nanry Division (sae relaionship, wheher he Ninh Division man was a husband, aher, broher, loll, ec.) was wih live company, repmen, baery, aached..i, ec.) Make checks or money orders Djvision Associaion. Mail o Mrs. Lillian Krasovez 107 USA Eas Gibbsboro, N.J payable o Ninh nanry

5 mail call Coninued FCo.47h Ed Hopkins 110 Hollywood Avenue Meuchen, N.J hope his makes he nex issue o he Ocooil as wan o ge he message ou o F Company members. spen he beer par o Sunday aernoon enjoying he hospialiy o Tony Repei and his lovely wie, Ted. 's no wonder ha every' VP who came o our division was husled over o our mess. The Repeis may no have invened he word "hospialiy", bu hey cerainly have exended is meaning. have Tony's promise ha he'll go o he convenion in Philly in July. nac, he, Frank Gonzol, and will be going ogeher. Frank called las week and said he would send me his check as soon as he reurned rom Florida. Tony made a more han generous oer which agreed o accep only i we didn' receive enough money o swing he cos o he suie. To dae have received checks ro~ George King (he pu in a bi exra), Sam (Bill) Buemi, Sanley Pu, and Frank Smih, our old company commander. know ha Felon Jones and Earl Wilkey will be doing heir damnedes o make i up rom Georgia. When saw S~ig Tokarchek during he Chrsmas holidays he swore on a sack o beer cans ha he'd be here. Then wih Tony's conribuion and Gonzol's and mine we have enough or a leas one nigh. am going o reserv~ i or wo nighs, hough, counmg on you ohers o come hrough. 'll be geing in ouch wih Oo Geyer, Googy, Al Munaore, Pop Zucker, and as many oher guys as can. really believe here will be a grea represenaion rom F Company 47h. Danny, i's good hearing rom hese guys. Sam Buemi sen me picures o his amily, his package sore, his g~n collecion, his cars, and hs moorcycle. He says h~.re is some kind o a conlic wih he daes, bu know he'll be able o charm he lile lady and ge her o change he oher dae. 'm looking orward o seeing Oo Geyer. haven' seen him since he early iies when used o pass hrough S. Louis wo or hree imes a year. Oo would layou he red carpe as well as he red eye or me. And wai ill he guys see F.M. Smih. The years have really mellowed him. He acs and looks like a million bucks. cerainly hope he makes i o Philly. am coniden ha he will. To my kllowledge he has never ailed o accomplish anyhing he se his mind o. Once again, am appealing o he guys haven' heard rom. Send me your check or en bucks o cover cos o he suie or wo days plus rereshmens. Bu even i you don' send a check come o Philly. Your presence is much more imporan han your cash. Also, ry o conac anybody else whose address you may have and ell hem o he grea urnou o F Company men ha we'll be having. Remember ha one o our members is leaving he Associaion Board o Governors a his convenion. Le's give Chuck Koski a royal send-o. 2nd Bn" ;8h '. John Compei 2020 Barnesdale A McKeespor, Penn Hope o make he Philly reunion. Enclosed ind my dues or 78 and he res apply o he scholarship und. Bes wishes o all. 60h NF Norber J. Hennen 4130 Washburn Ave., No. Minneapolis, Minn Dan: see ha have been given he "red ink" reamen on my Ocooil. Enclosed is my check or anoher year o membership dues. Aached is a phoo copy o a page o he ARMY magazine which is sel-explanaory. Colonel Bryan has had a number o aricles in ARMY recenly. They relae, o course,o his experiences wih he Ninh nanry Division. You migh ind hem o be worhy o re-prining in he Ocooil. Sincerely, Chick Hennen Good Momen in Sidi Abou Col. Randall H. Bryan's "Bad Momen in Morocco" (December): have oen wondered wha happened o Randy Bryan. We were in he original cadre o he 9h nanry Division and lived across he sree rom each oher in Fayeeville, N.C. His experience relaed in his sory revived many.ond memories or me. all o remember he jasmine and brocades, alhough do have a ain recollecion o iligreed marble. Apparenly his powers o observaion were more keenly honed han mine, which is clearly releced in he acha he wen rom S2 o he 47h Regimen o G2 o he 9h Division, while sayed in he 60h. n any even, as S2 o he 60h nanry Regimen, was also included in various visis o he "palaces" o local pashas. His experience recalls one o he more exravagan spreads in Sidi bel Abbes where we also wen hrough numerous courses o srange ood. Our brieings included such admoniions as he necessiy o earing a he roas lamb wih our undiiled le hand. As was observing his riual, leaving he ableware undisurbed, an Arab boy who was waiing on able leaned over my shoulder and admonished me in excellen English: "Use he silverware; i's easier." Maj. Gen. Norber J. Hennen AUS, reired Minneapolis, Minn. Hq. Co. 60h n.. and R. Plaoon NORMAN L. MARTN 320 Lake Fair Lane Winer Park, Fl Alhough can' ge around oo well anymore, sill will ind a new member. had he surprise o my lie he oher day when an old buddy, "Marin Brown" or Hq. Co. Reg. & R plaoon called me. Hadn' seen him in 34 years. We spen a hal a ~ay and evening ogeher alkmg abou places and people almos orgoen. We inend o ge ogeher again beore he heads back up o ha cold climae aroundcorning, N.Y. He saed THE OCTOFOL A.T.47h Howard G. Waldman 26 Newman Sree Meuchen, New Jersey 've been geing abou one new curren address a week since he middle o Jan., however none o hem have ever been members o he 9h Associaion. O hose, as o his dae, 've received 7 replys ha hey will aend?ur ~-T ~o. reunion held in conjunchon Wh he 9h n. Div. Assoc. his July in Philly. Tha brings our conirmed oal o 23 Ani Tankers as o he momen, and i he replys and he new addresses keep cominga he same rae, we hopeully could have 35 o 50 o he old gang here or our irs and perhaps las - "Big Bash." Dan 'm enclosing one o he airm'aive replys 've received o show you he enhusiasm his endeavor (A labor o love) has generaed. n ha regard 'd like o ask anoher avor rom you. (in addiion o he addresse your going o send me) Do we in he N.Y. or Naional Chapers have any o he Phila. Sheraon Hoel brochures ha were available a he Chicago reunion. so, would i be possible or you or whoever has any o send as many as hey can on o me. would like o send ou he brochures in he leers send o hose who do no belong o he Associaion, or have never a ended any o our "Reunions." My bes regards. CoM 47h Walon Taylor Sar Re Sop 6 Los Hills, Cali " Wilon is a "railroad bu and enjoys riding he rails. He mees many new riends and akes in he beauiul scenery o he Grand Canyon Counry and Rocky mounains. He recalls when he spen 4 monhs in Paris and wries " me Sg. Molroder and Jerry Sullivan. Also Leser Schweir o Co. L 47h-Cap. Tanners runner. Coming back o he Saes ran ino Bob Winkleman o M Co. alongwih Devoir. n he Saes he me John Tomasick and Morris Taylor". am enclosing a leer received rom he widow o General Paon. had wrien o her on he deah o he General and his was her reply. The leer is daed Feb "Dear Mr. Taylor:" How good o you o send me ha Chrismas card. el like an old handclasp rom he soldier miss so much in my presen reired lie. can perecly imagine rom your message ha you are no~ ~u.o he army and aking up Cvl le again, wih he greaes advenure in lie behind you. do no know Ta (Cali) bu 'm sure i is beauiul like he res o Caliornia. You probably know ha General Paon was a Caliornian, born in San Gabriel, and ha M. Wilson was named or his grandaher. Wih allgood wishes, o me ha he had given $10.00 o believe me, Mos Sincerely Chick Hennen back in 1945 or Yours, dues and he Eigh Sars o Bearice Paon Vicory bu hadn' received a dues card or hisory book. You can look orward o receiving co. C. 47h his applicaion or membership. Called John O'Rouke, who THEO YOUNGQUST lives in Orlando someim~ back 1764 Howard Avenue and had a shor alk. Sill Maple Plain, Minn haven' goen around o see Sorry you had o use "Red him. Talked o "Sumpy" Libreo nk" o wake me up. Would sill like o go "Eas" bu daugher around Chrismas ime and had and Grandson are in Wes. So--- a nice chi-cha. ----Sill miss you all. Hope his inds you and he Enclosed dues $5.00. res o he 9h members well Bes o Faher C.-----Hope o and happy. see him again. Be a parlo he reunion and rememberyour buddies hrough he Reunion Journal. 9h Div. Mil. Pol. JOE MOWERY R.F.D. No.4 Box 310 Fores Ciy, N.C Jus a noe o send in my dues and say hello. Hope his inds you and yours well and OK in every way. You, as usual, are doing a ine job. Keep up he good work. The M.P.'s who read he Ocooil migh like o know spen 2 weeks in Winc~eser, England in lae 76. Wellngon House a he boom o Cannon Sree where we lived is sill here jus like we le i in Nohing has changed much. T~e Wickham Arms on he corner S sill going srong. However, he Whie Horse Bar's been orn down a dwelling in here now. King' Alred is sill guarding High Sree. walked he pah we used o use in behind he Cahedral o Guild Hall o go on duy. Those memories. Do and sayed wih riends on Wales Sree. She was really impressed wih everyhing. We saw a lo o England while here and plan a reurn visi soon. Would like o hear rom he gang any ime. Bes wishes o all. q. & q. Bry.!.h n. Div. Ary RALPH J. FULBRGHT R. 3, Box 341 Vale, N.C Sending my dues or Enjoy reading he OcOOll. Hope o hear rom more buddies. heard rom Au hor L. Crowe las year. Then we drove down o Mariea, Ga. or a weekend wih him. was really grea. Regards o all. CO. F. 60h PHLP BERMAN Box 41, 1802 Nelson Avenue Ormond Beach, Fla Jus a ew lines o hank you or sending me he "Red nk" Ocooil. reached me a my new address here. My wie and moved here rom New Casle, Pa. las Chrismas o 1977, and had compleely orgoen ha my dues ran ou. am enclosing $5.00 dues or his year. The weaher here is really perec, compleely unlike Pe.nnsylvania, which was my Pr?1e reason or moving. have a Job here in plumbing and heaing and air condiioning as an esimaor and number 2 man in a mechanical conracing irm in Dayona Beach, which is nex door o our own. My wie is in charge o all salads and cake baking or a dinner heare club in Deland, Florida, 18 miles away. So we are doing very well since coming here hree monhs ago. was very, very sorry o hear abou myod buddy Buswinkus leaving us las summer. He was a real 9h Division booser. am glad o see my riend Al Perna is now Presiden o he Assn. am sure he is doing a swell job so ar. recejved a Xmas card rom him jus beore moved. am sure ha we will be unable o'make he reunion in Philly and am erribly disappoined. waned o see MacDougall, Perna,.Ed Ne~a and ohers ha saw m Alan.c Ciy in 72. Bu ha's he way goes. will be hinking o all o you and drink a beer or me. Dan, would appreciae you orwarding me any oher 9h Division men ha are close by me in Dayona Beach area, so we migh ge ogeher. Thanks! 15 Engrs. ANTHONY MADONNA 40 Orien Way Worceser, Ma Please accep my check or ive dollars or dues or he curren year. Thank you. - Bes o all. 60h A.T. Co. MEL GLLS 2609 W. Souhern Ave. Sp. 5 Tempe, Arizona cerainly was overjoyed las year, ha my wie surprised me, and subscribed o he Ocooil, aer no receiving i or eleven years. Moved o he Phoenix area, our years ago. Docor's orders, as my wie has arhriis rouble o he spine. Tha's why we le Milwaukee. Our oldes daugher and amily live ou here oo. Our younges daugher, married a career army man.. He's saioned in Mon, Belgium. We're lying over here on May 19h. Haven' seen hem since Sepember, Will see some o he places he 9h wen hru souh o here. Would like o visi he Remagen Bridge. Saw Gilber Timberg's name in he Ocooil and ha he lives near here. 've ried calling him, bu his phone's been busy. Will ry again. Haven' been o a reunion since 1950 in Chicago. HacL..a.. Grea ime. Bes o luck o all 9h men and heir amilies. P.S. Sill keep in ouch wih Lewis Williamson o Norh Carolina. Al Squire o Los Angeles, died in We visied his amily in Talked wih Gilber Tinberg's wie and we're geing ogeher, he our o us and alk over he grea war. CO. A. 15h Engr. RAYMOND F. BERTHAUME 355 Ferry Sree, Ap. 311 New Haven, Conn am sending my dues or anoher hree years and a lile exra or he Scholarship und. doing ine or 'an old codger hiing he 70 mark. The hearing in one ear giving a lile rouble. Regards o all. H4F.A. DCK O'CONNOR 9567 Bluord Wniier, Cal We are jus abou inished wih he errible rains and mud slides ou here. imagine he snow in New York is abou gone by now. 'm saring my second year o reiremen and 'm prey busy doing a lile work, plus some classes a he local college, pleny o gol also some cooking a home. Grace is sill working a her old job, she has a ew years o go beore reiremen. We go o Palm Springs o see he Bob Hope Gol plus he Dinah Shore women's ournamen. would like o ake one more rip o Worceser. 'll work on i. Say Hi! o all he New York gang, sorry o hear abou Dom Meile. CO. B.15h Engr. BYRON A. ANGELL, JR. 572 Smihield Rd. No. Providence, R Sorry o have seen red when my las Ocooil arrived. Enclosed please ind check or dues. Hope o make Philly his year and mee some o he old Engr. gang rom B Co. Things have been well here; hope his inds you and yours he same. Co. B 60h VC O. GREEN 17 Bacon Sree LeRoy, N. Y Here are my dues o he mos wonderul men have ever me, he 9h nanry Division, Co. B. 60h nanry. sen $20.00 or a piece o he, Remegan Bridge! Coninued 011 Page 2. Middle age is when you are grounded or several days a~er lying high he nighbeore.

6 q 60h Field Bud F Remer 4935 N Hamilon Ave Chicago llinois Tel Ra Chaplain llinois Chaper Dear Dan, Many imes hroughou he years have promised mysel a leer o you o help round ou he wonderul job you do wih our paper. Time is running shor or me, had my irs nudge las Nov., ringing in he ears and dizzy spells (Tha bi) and spen a ruiless wo weeks in he hospial. hi)k ha nice meered noe you published rom Joseph Rappizini abou he Third Baalion 60h n. dug up enough nosalgia o prod me wrie his noe. My secion in he 60h Field was a ached o hem or a couple o years. am sill able o go o local uncions like our exciing convenion in July and he very successul Pos Reunion he Michigan boys pu on laer in he all, hey sure go all ou in he hospialiy end o i. Then here was he Xmas pary a reiring Naional Presiden Chuch Koskie's house ha has become he highligh o he Xmas season or all o us. Las. bu no leas was he elegan dinner ha John Clouser E A. arranged or us his monh a he Red Sar nn, one o Chicago's ines places. Aer dinner everybody_ moored o my Legion Pos or S. Paricks Day cockails which helped make he nie successul or he Pos. On he disa side sill have rouble geing over losing my pal Marha aer losing my only Broher so recenly. To make maers worse boh o he Boys were ransered o Los Angeles moving our beloved grandchildren 2400 miles away which brings me o anoher reason or his?oe. On my way o sunny MeXCO wen via Caliornia o see hem.. This y.ear marks my 25h year Journeymg o Mexico wihou a break, hey called me he "Acapulco Kid' a work. During hese many visis picked up a ~o o savvy abou Acapulco and Jus abou all o he large ciies in Mexico. Now ha he Air ares have been cu in hal maybe some o our members will be planning o visi Mexico hough ha migh be able o a~wer any quesions ha hey migh have so as o make heir rip more enjoyable and economical. so le hem wrie or ~all me and will be glad o oblge. am reired now and have los o ime. Dan, in closing would like o menion ab.ou meeing myoid buddy Mike Lassalandra walking down he coasal Blvd. in Acapulco. We lied a ew a he Marrio Happy Hour and a ew more a my hoel across he sree, Mike, a hq 60h Field Buddy had come all he way rom Connecicu via he Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This is all or now Dan keep up he good work. (' Baery 60h FA GEORGE J. FURBER S. W. 107 Ave. Miami, Fl Enclosed is check or $13.00, hree year membership. Hope o see you all in Philly. Bes regards o all and your amilies. CoM 39h Charles L. Gill 434 Old Trail Road ~alimore, Md rus a his wriing ha all o your amily and yoursel have been well during his long snowy winer. will make us all appreciae spring more now ha i looks o be around he corner. picked up he mos recen Ocooil which arrived and wasn' quie sure he red was seeing, was he eecs o S. Pa's Day or ha i was he ime o year o pay he annual dues. This ime, however, decided o upse your bookkeeping by sending along amoun or 3 years. This eleced o do hereoore on an annual basis raher han he lie im~ selecion and o course over he long pull he associaion beneis. My wie and have 4 children 3 grown and he inal one is no~ 15, whom you have me earlier in her lie. Her name is Sacey. We named her aer an ole army buddy, sacy Prough, Co. L. 39h. For he 1s ime in my lie sood up o be couned concerning he recen deah o one Mr. O'Hare, who in recen lie headed up he American sociey o ~heiss and was honored by bemg buried in Arlingon Naional cemeery. This suppose will mean ha his wie Madalyn Murry O'Hare, ormerly o Balimore, and he lady re~ponsible or having prayer sricken rom public schools, willl also be placed beside him. rus ha his leer will be placed in he nex issue o he Ocooil. have conaced a his wriing my Congressman, Clarence Long and am awaiing an answer rom same., have visied Padre Kines rom ime o ime and he and his siser have visied in our home. Faher is now reired bu sill daily says Masses a S. Joseph Monasery which is in Balimore Ciy. My healh a his wriing seems o have improved considerably, however, did have a se back having suered a hear aack 30 Jan '77. was orunae ha God has given me a good warning. mus say ha plan o go sricly by he book rom here on in. May ask God o bless he ormer W.W. members o he 9h. nanry Division and o lead us one.by one ino ~erniy. hank Him oen or having allowed me o serve in he greaes oui o come hrough he grea war. Wih kindes regards o all who shall read hese words am, ' ~4h F.A. SAM ROBNSON- Nahan Towers, A.p. No.7 Nahan Sree Lynn, Mass Being an avid reader o newspapers, my eye caugh his newsbrie in he Wall S. Journal las week concerning "Wesy". Am moving o a new complex m Lynn, Mass., a mile away rom my presen Swamsco address, so please send me all mail o address above (as o March 1s). Hope you have a good year. Worceser Memorial November 5, THE OCTOFOL Co. F. 47h R.S. HOFFMAN RD. NO.2 Box 47 Waerloo, N.Y Here's my check or his year's dues. Lae as usual hope ha can make' his year's reunion in Philly. Have been slowly recovering rom a hear aack or he las hree years and couldn' do anv raveling or much else bu wi.h a lile luck, may ~ake i his year. enjoyed Hoppy Hopkins' leer. is nice o read abou some o he people you know. E. Co. 47h n. JOHN P. HYNES P.O. Box 183 Bronx, New York am sorry am lae wih he dues. Been waiing or his issue o he Ocooil go oday o send he dues aer illing ou he orm Misplaced and hrew ou he las <?cooil so had no membership applicaion or renewal To-~ay is he 13h o March and was capured a he las pass E Guear pass, Tunisea, Norh Arica on he 28h o March, is he day le he 9h Division E. Co. 47h when all he company oicers and all he company men o E. Co. 47h and he Baalion Commander L. Col. Gershnow and General Eisenhower. Aide L. Campbell were surrounded and capured and rom here o Sax and a locked box car o Tunis where we were lown in a JU 52 o aly ouside o Naples was he POW camp and sen a cable hrough he Vaican o my olks and everyone was asked o send a cable o le our amilies know we were O.K. So my olks go. ~he cable irs, hen he mlssmg in acion rom he American Governmen and monhs laer rom Germany hrough Swizerland ha was POW..So, was a gues o Herr Hiler or 26 monhs. Hope everyone is jus ine and sure.would like o make Phillv reunon and will. God bless h~ 9h Ass? and all keep well P.S. was Orginally wih Co. 47h and w~n ~o O.C.S. For Benning and dldn make i. Was sen back o E. Co. 47h as hey were geing ready or he nvasion o Norh Arica. O course, go o he Solomon slands in Maryland and sneaked home o New York o see my olks and was never missed, and go back o he Solomon slands. don' rem~m?er i we go a pass or no, S a long ime. Co. M.60h COLE GRONSETH Box 200, Re. No. 1 Suons Bay, Mich Enclosed are dues or hree years. Also, send my sincere appreciaion or your coninuing eor on behal o he associaion. During he pas year made a rip wes which allowed me o sop a For Lewis. Based on my observaion, 'd sugges ha i we are depending on oday's Army or deense ha we'd beer head or he hills. seemed o be run by civilian conrac people. Also, a he museum i would be diicul o deermine he 9h played any par in WW. Perhaps i is as i should be..~ hi~h spo on he rip was a VSi Wih OrvilleSangl o Java, Souh Dakoa. Orv was wih boh "M" and "" Cos. o he 60h. We swapped lies and his were he equal o mine. Deadline or he nex issue o he Ocooil will be June 20h. All copy or maerial should be sen o he Ediors beore his dae. THE 0 C T 0 F 0 L Publicaion No. 412 G'~l:o'y Av~ W~~hawk~". N. J s.co... C_.._ JOHN J. CLOUSER GRACELAND STREET DES PLANES. LLNOS 6001&... Nd., U.._.C'Y. "". J. ""'''o., 0'0<'... '. 'W' G. Co. 60h ROLAND E. POPE Box Seale, Wash Please ind enclosed check or $12.00 or 4 Ocooil Car Discs and $10.00 or he Memorial Fund. am making plans o aend he '78 reunion, will ravel by camper van, so should see los o scenes and area beween here and Philly. 15 Engrs. MAURCE N. TOUGAS 111 Aesa Sree Cenral Falls, R.. Enclosed are my dues or 19]8. Wishing you and he Associaion a Happy and Prosperous year. 39h n. :~rd Bn. NEWELL COLE 1850 W. Orangehorpe Space 63 Fulleron, Ca Hope 'm no lae wih my dues. Sure enjoy he Ocooil keep i coming. '. Wie and ravel a grea deal m our Mini Moor Home, bu alw~ys are in a dieren area durmg reunion ime, Maine, in July and Augus. Bu, maybe can make one soon - ~eems we are all geing along mage - losing so many buddies.. Hope his inds you and yours m good healh - and "God willing" o coninue so. ('0. A. 39h WLLAM MORRSON 104 Graperui Drive Jasmine Lakes Por Richey, Fla. :~3568 Sorry am lae - dues and donaion enclosed. Reiring and moving o Florida - caused a sae o conusion and became neglecul. D~n, am now 68 years old hu only seems like yeserday we were moving in on Aachen Born, Bad Goesburg, Kassel: ec years - where did he ime go?. ~eiremen is beauiul! JOmed Magnolia Valley CC and play gol :3 or 4 days a week. Have 5 grandchildren - 3 o whom are coming o visi us or Easer week.. Frankly, a his ime o my he ha comba ime all seems like a bad dream. remember L. Bill Addis so well- so young oo damn young o die. My wie and love i down here - so nice and warm - no snow! Dan, good luck and ake care o yoursel. ('0. M. 60h RJ. MAC DONALD P.O. Box 371 Dela Juncion, Ak Enclosed ind my dues or 1978, also wonder why ole (Buck) Curis Buchanon hasn' been wriing o mail call, laely, also regards o Charlie Roehwerger and George Brum. all old buddies. was las a a reunion in Alana sure hope o make one again soon. Sill in Alas~a, plan o say awhile ye, hunmg and ishing is sill grea herp 26h F.A. Servic(' MANNY EFFRON 1809 Brickell Avenue Miami, Florida :33129 Enclose check or dues o ] year, moved o Florida in,july, always pay dues when go o Memorial services in Worceser, Mass. My wie and sared or he rip o Mass. bu go as ar as Phila. and could n~. coninue on as my wie Lilhan became sick and he docors ~dvised us no o go and we remamed over in Phila. unil we could make i hack o Fla. have never missed he Memorial services in Worceser. Will be a he reunion in Phila. July. 17h ('0. () RONALD FRANK RD. No. ], Box 122-D Leechburg, La. 1565j Enclosed ind dues or 1978 Hope all is well wih you.. Div. Band R R Me KBBN 9659 W. Parkway De., Mich Sorry abou my delay. was ranserred ou here ]':! years ago an~ am sill in he pr'ocess o. gel~g seled. Things are gomg que well and hope o be able o.make more ge-ogehers Wih he Mich. Chaper. Please noe my change o address as have now bough a home. ('0. 47h n. LEON K KRKORAN 602 W. 188 S. New York Ciy, N. Y Enclosed check or $ my dues or hree years. The Ocooil hrings me he pleasure and enjoymen canno aord o miss; ever. Keep up he wonderul work you are doing. Hope o see you a he convenion in.july. God bless you all Co. F.47h Francis Smih P.O. Box 1075 Souhern Pines, N.C Thanks or your noe and COPy o he Ocaoil o Several monhs ago. Even hough am very lae in responding, wan ~ou o know how much enjoyed and am graeul or your houghulness in sending i. Enclosed is my check or membership in he Associaion. Dan Adams (Ani-Tank Co) and (wih wives) plan o come o he reunion in July. We are looking orward o i wih guso.. The reunion wih Ed Hopkins m Souhern Pines his pas ~ummer- and?en he ollow-up ~ SOUh Georgia - was indeed a ng even or me; one ha 'll no orge. Since hen have had several leers rom Ed Hopkins; he wries well and hi~ le~ers are always ineresing Wih as much enhusiasm as Ed has in his personaliy. Like so many oher ine people never really go o know when we were all youngsers in "FlO Company. Bes regards o all. CoainuedOD page 5 When was he las ime you wroe a leer o our Mail Call Column?